American Schools of the Past – Object #9 – Arkansas Primary Source Sets

Veazy, Greene County, Georgia. The one-teacher Negro school, south of Greensboro

$<p>Photograph of 10 black children sitting on benches in a small wooden classroom. Some of the children are holding books. The appear to be different ages. There is a hat rack and a small chalkboard with fractions on the wall.</p>$

Photo of black students seated at a bench inside a classroom in Greene County, Georgia.

Questions:

What objects in the children’s classroom do you see?

How old are the children in the photograph? How do you know?

How are the children in the photograph similar to you? How are they different?

What do you not see in the photograph?

Citations

Delano, Jack, photographer. Veazy, Greene County, Georgia. The one-teacher Negro school, south of Greensboro. Georgia Greene County United States Veazy, 1941. Oct. Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.